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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 23;9(6):e04270.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4270. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Cardiac sarcoidosis: Two case reports

Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah  1 , Felix Razak Awindaogo  2 , Emmanuella Naa Deeidei Tagoe  2 , Harold Ayetey  3
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Cardiac sarcoidosis: Two case reports

Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

The clinical presentation of cardiac sarcoidosis is variable. We report two cases of cardiac sarcoidosis to highlight the varied clinical presentations and diagnostic challenges in our setting, and encourage the consideration of sarcoidosis as a differential in unexplained arrhythmias and heart failure.

Keywords: bradycardia; bundle branch block; heart block; heart failure; sarcoidosis.

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Sinus tachycardia and left bundle branch block
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Cardiac MRI images showing patchy late gadolinium enhancement of the basal septum and mid to apical lateral LV wall A, basal septum and basal lateral wall B, and mid‐inferolateral wall C. The absence of edema or inflammation is shown in STIR images D, after treatment
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Complete heart block
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Cardiac MRI images showing late gadolinium enhancement of the mid‐septum A, basal to mid‐septum and lateral LV wall B, with corresponding edema and inflammation in STIR images C
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First‐degree heart block
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